System vs Rebirth

After giving Elaine some food, Jessi waited until the heavy rain stopped before leaving Elaine alone.

Because of what she had done, Elaine's will to survive increased. However, her willpower alone wouldn't be enough.

The fatigue had caught up to her. In addition, the cold had become even more severe.

The voice of the people kept ringing in her head, her body became extremely weak, and her breath was unstable.

She looked like she was about to collapse soon. The hot sun couldn't be compared to the hot temperature of her body.

"Ha… Ha…" Elaine panted a few times. Her body started convulsing. Hunger and thirst might not have been a problem anymore, but her consciousness had become fuzzy.

'This is not good. I still have to continue.'

Elaine kept muttering inwardly, trying to persist as much as possible. But after grueling seven days, she passed out.

…

Two hours later.

Elaine opened her eyes, looking an unfamiliar ceiling.

'Mhmm? Aren't I supposed to be looking at the ground?' Elaine thought before snapping. She hurriedly rose from the bed and looked around, realizing that she was inside a house. And Jessi was in front of her, taking care of her. "What…"

"You passed out. Don't move too much for now. Your fever is still severe."

"What have you done? I have to go back! My family is at stake." Elaine tried to jump off the bed, but Jessi stopped her. "At least rest for a bit. It's been seven days, so the lord shouldn't be coming back soon."

Elaine wanted to refute, but the word stuck in her throat. Instead, she changed it into another question. "Why do you help me? Do you know that you'll be in trouble if you help me? I have done a lot of bad things to your territory!"

"It's your family, right? Not you personally." Jessi shook her head helplessly. "Besides, how foolish are you… If you want to repent, you should live on instead of dying. Death is just an escape. If you feel bad for people, you should spend your life making them happy. That's just my own thought… I think the nobles can't understand such a simple thing."

"That's… not true." Elaine bit her lips.

Looking at her grunted expression, Jessi stood up. "I won't stop you from going back, but eat something first."

Jessi went to the back to grab some food, leaving Elaine alone.

Elaine was contemplating. She had looked down on the people because they were uneducated or their lives were cheap. But because of Jessi, she thought she was the one imposing her own ideal on them.

Unfortunately, she didn't have a lot of time to think about it as the outside was bustling with people.

"…coming!"

"The Lord…"

"…coming!"

Elaine couldn't help but hear some voices from the outside. She raised her head, wondering why it suddenly became too noisy.

"The Lord is coming!"

the mansion. In addition, if she stayed here, Jessi would

that she hadn't changed her clothes

to her room, she only found

rushed to the mansion barefoot, trying to reach

she reached the mansion, Noel was already waiting for her. He was accompanied

turned ghostly pale. As if

moment their eyes were locked onto each other, Elaine immediately kneeled once again, her body was shaking

here?" Noel asked while pointing

didn't know what to say.

"Don't tell me. There is

her family would be destroyed. On the other hand, if she abandoned Jessi, it wouldn't change the fact that she

"No. That's not

protect Jessi. They all knew about what happened in the past few days, especially how Elaine continued to persist despite her

collapsed,

are you going to explain that you're

come up with something, but the fatigue was still too much for her body. She couldn't

walked toward her as his body leaked out some spiritual energy, pressuring Elaine. "Don't tell me. Despite all your

was going to die because of this anyway, so why would she hold back in

her! No commoner dared to refuse the order of a noble! A mere peasant should just

voice was shaking. It was clear that she didn't mean it. In fact, she said all

more pressure. His eyes were now filled with killing

crushing down on her body. The road underneath her started to crack. Yet

giving up. She persisted for a few seconds, but her consciousness became

dropped to the ground, Noel pulled out his sword and said coldly,

people looked pale. Some were trying to look away or

he swung his sword, Jessi suddenly appeared and kneeled next to Elaine.

at her while saying,

Jessi answered without

silent for a

to live. Just like how I, a

will think that this territory can be bullied, and all of you will experience a lot of suffering because people think they can get away

because you are kind, you help all of us. I don't want my lord to be known as the ruthless tyrant, even though you are just trying to help us. I believe that she has been punished

before glancing at the others. "Do you think the same? After all, all of you

saying what they wanted to say. They didn't have the courage to answer

forward and kneeled in front of Noel.

him, but looking at this kid, they saw several people falling to their knees, making the parents wonder if they should stop their kids

and more people began to kneel. They had witnessed Elaine's suffering in the past few days and how she remained still

she wanted to atone for her mistake, she

already kneeling on

looked at his subjects for a moment as if he were contemplating whether

Noel

now. See whether she is useful or not," said Noel

turned around. "Bring her inside and get her

relieved since they should be spared from any punishment as well because of what Jessi did.